Mobs in Minecraft

A calm farm animal that provides leather and raw beef. You can milk it with a bucket to get milk, which removes all status effects.

A mushroom cow from mushroom fields. Gives milk and mushroom stew, and a brown one fed a flower gives suspicious stew with an effect.

One of the oldest mobs in the game, lured with carrots. Drops raw porkchop when killed, and can be ridden once saddled.

The main source of wool in the game, which you can shear with shears. Comes in 6 natural colors, and dye lets you change the wool color.

The smallest farm animal, laying an egg every 5-10 minutes. Falls slowly by flapping its wings and takes no fall damage.

A fast mount that you first have to tame by mounting it repeatedly. Differs in speed, jump height and health.

Slower than the average horse, but once tamed it carries a chest with 15 slots, so it works as a walking storage unit.

A cross between a horse and a donkey. Carries a chest with 15 slots and can inherit higher speed from its horse parent. It cannot have offspring itself.

An undead horse from the thunderstorm skeleton trap, where four skeleton horsemen wait. Once you defeat them it is tamed, and it can travel even along the ocean floor.

Since 1.21.11 it spawns at night on plains and savannas under a zombie rider. It does not attack on its own, you can tame it like a horse and heal it with a Red Mushroom.

A tiny mob that comes in 6 color variants. Drops rabbit hide and raw rabbit, the base for rabbit stew.

Tamed with raw cod or salmon, the cat scares off Creepers and Phantoms. Comes in 11 variants and brings the player gifts after waking up.

A sea reptile that lays eggs on the beach. The Turtle Shell, crafted from scutes, gives Water Breathing for 10 seconds.

A nocturnal mob that spawns in the taiga and can carry items in its mouth. Kits born in captivity trust the player.

A rare jungle mob with 7 personalities: lazy, playful, aggressive and others. Eats bamboo and cake.

Pollinates flowers and crops, speeding up their growth. Nests and beehives can be harvested with shears to get honeycomb.

An underwater mob from version 1.17 that swims in dark water below Y=30. It looks like it glows but does not light up its surroundings. Drops glow ink sacs used for glow item frames and glowing signs.

A mob from the 1.19 update that comes in three climate variants. Eats small slimes and magma cubes, which creates froglights.

A two-seat mount from desert villages, added in 1.20. Can dash and is too tall for many hostile mobs.

An undead camel from version 1.21.11. Appears at night in the desert with a Husk and a Parched on its back. It does not attack on its own, and once you defeat the riders you can saddle it without taming.

An ancient mob dug up from suspicious sand, the winner of the 2022 mob vote. Digs up the seeds of ancient plants: torchflower seeds and pitcher pods.

A flying helper that collects items matching what it holds in its hand. Reacts to note block sounds and dances.

Tamed with seeds, it imitates the sounds of nearby mobs and perches on the player's shoulder. Dances to jukebox music. Comes in 5 colors.

An underwater mob from Lush Caves, added in 1.17. Helps fight hostile underwater mobs. Comes in 5 colors, including the ultra-rare blue one.

A bouncing cube from the Sulfur Caves, added in Java 26.2. It swallows a block you give it, and that block decides whether it bounces like a ball, slides along the ground or explodes like TNT.

Tamed with bones, it becomes a loyal companion. Attacks mobs that attack the player and can be healed with meat.

Hostile at night and in the dark, neutral during the day. Climbs walls and can spawn with a random potion effect.

A mysterious teleporting mob that attacks when the player looks it in the eyes. Picks up and carries blocks and takes damage from water.

Formerly the Zombie Pigman: attack one and the whole group goes for the player. Found in the Nether and around portals.

A mighty village defender with 100 HP that hits hard. Can be built from 4 iron blocks and a pumpkin.

Made from 2 snow blocks and a pumpkin, it throws snowballs that knock enemies back. Leaves a trail of snow and melts in warm biomes.

A friendly ocean mob that speeds up the swimming of a player nearby. Leads you to hidden treasure, but attacks if provoked.

Can carry a chest and wear a carpet as decoration, and when led on a lead it pulls a caravan. When attacked it spits, dealing 1 HP of damage (1.5 HP on Hard).

Lives in frozen biomes. Attacks when you hit it or get too close to a cub. It cannot be bred.

Accompanies the Wandering Trader and defends it by spitting at attackers. It can be tamed after the trader dies.

A mountain dweller that rams nearby mobs and players every few dozen seconds. Can drop a goat horn, which is an instrument.

An intelligent mob that trades for gold ingots. Neutral toward players in golden armor; without it, it attacks immediately.

A traveling merchant that appears randomly with two llamas. Sells unique items for emeralds and disappears after a while.

A mysterious merchant offering rare items for emeralds. Appears randomly near the player with two llamas.

A tameable aquatic mount from update 1.21.11. Can be saddled and fitted with nautilus armor in five variants. The hostile variant is the Zombie Nautilus with a Drowned as its rider.

The classic enemy that burns in sunlight. Can infect villagers and wears random equipment. Variants: Husk, Drowned.

An archer that aims at the player from a distance and burns in daylight. Drops bones and arrows, and sometimes a bow.

The iconic Minecraft mob: it sneaks up silently and explodes. Lightning creates a charged Creeper with a more powerful explosion.

Smaller than a regular spider, but it poisons the player when it attacks. Appears at spawners in mineshafts and Trial Chambers, and since 26.2 also spawns naturally in the Sulfur Caves.

Throws potions of harming, slowness and poison. Heals itself with potions, which makes it a tough opponent.

A flying mob that attacks players who have not slept for 3 or more days. Drops phantom membranes used to repair the elytra.

The underwater variant of the zombie, sometimes armed with a trident. The only source of tridents in Survival mode.

An ice variant of the zombie, currently only being tested in the 26.4 snapshots. Spawns in frozen biomes, throws ice balls and freezes with every hit.

Green jelly that splits into smaller ones when killed. Spawns in specific chunks and in swamps at night.

A small mob hiding in the stone blocks of a stronghold. When attacked, it summons nearby silverfish from infested blocks.

A rare mob that appears when an ender pearl is used. Used in Enderman farms, because Endermen attack it.

A huge flying Nether mob that shoots fireballs. The fireballs can be deflected back, which earns an advancement.

A fiery guardian of the Nether fortress that shoots fireballs in bursts of three. Drops blaze rods, needed for the Eye of Ender.

The Nether counterpart of the Slime: immune to fire, and splits into smaller ones. Drops magma cream.

A tall black skeleton from the Nether fortress that inflicts the Wither effect. Rarely drops the skull needed to summon the Wither.

An aggressive mob from the Crimson Forest and the only source of meat in the Nether. Fears warped fungus and portals.

An elite bastion guard that attacks regardless of golden armor. It cannot be distracted by trading.

The most powerful mob in the game with 500 HP, reacting to sound and vibrations. Deals up to 45 damage, so it is better avoided than fought.

A wind mob from the Trial Chambers, added in 1.21. Fires wind charges that trigger mechanisms and knock players back.

A mob living in End Cities, hidden inside a block that resembles purpur. Fires homing levitation projectiles that lift the player into the air. Drops a Shulker Shell, used to craft Shulker Boxes.

A mob from the Pale Garden, added in 1.21.4. It freezes when you look at it and moves only when you look away. It has no health pool: weapons, potions and TNT cannot hurt it, and it only disappears once you destroy the Creaking Heart block that sustains it.

Built from 4 iron blocks arranged in a T shape with a pumpkin on top. Defends villages against hostile mobs, delivering mighty blows that throw enemies into the air. Can be repaired with iron ingots. Spawns naturally in villages with enough beds and villagers.

Created from 2 snow blocks stacked vertically with a pumpkin on top. Throws snowballs at hostile mobs, knocking them back and provoking them to attack it instead of the player. Leaves a trail of snow on blocks, but melts in hot biomes such as deserts and takes damage from rain.

Crafted from a block of copper and a carved pumpkin, added in 1.21.9. Moves items into chests, which makes it good for automatic sorting. Oxidizes through four stages until it freezes into a statue. Wax stops that, and lightning rolls it back.